Pepper QiMar 22
thread Fires burn at the impact site of an Iranian ballistic missile in the Southern Israeli city of Dimona. Dimona reactor has produced an estimated 830 ± 100 kg of weapons-grade plutonium since operations began in 1963, supporting an arsenal of approximately 160 nuclear warheads. #Auspol #AUKUS
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It also produces tritium, used to boost weapon yields, and generates significant radioactive waste annually. The facility is located in a permanently restricted airspace and is heavily defended. During the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel shot down one of its own fighter jets after it accidentally ...
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flew over the site. A similar incident occurred in 1973 when a Libyan civilian airliner was downed near the reactor. Iran has now struck the city of Dimona with a ballistic missile. Israel struck Natanz for the third time this morning. Both countries have now demonstrated the willingness ...
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to target the other’s nuclear infrastructure or its immediate vicinity. This is the threshold moment the IAEA has been warning about for 22 days. Grossi said this morning a radiological release cannot be ruled out.